The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3, 2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 3, 2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
This was the first election held in the city that correlated with recent changes in election laws, which moved elections from being held on off-years to even-numbered years to correlate with federal and state elections.
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
City Council
District 2
Candidates
Paul Krekorian, incumbent councilmember
Ayinde Jones, attorney
Rudy Melendez, laborer and artist
Did not make ballot
Radomir V. Luza, North Hollywood Neighborhood Council Board member
Eric Preven, writer and producer
Stacey Jane Slichta
Adam Summer, Studio City Neighborhood Council Board member
Withdrew
Vivianna Dunnigan
Results
District 4
Candidates
David Ryu, incumbent councilmember
Nithya Raman, urban planner and activist
Sarah Kate Levy, writer and women's advocate
Did not make ballot
Eric Christie
Susan Collins, community activist
Withdrew
Lisa Cahan-Davis, manager at Urban Land Institute
Richard Joseph, entertainment attorney
Sarah Sun Liew, CEO of Meridian Business Legal Investment Wish Foundation
Artin Sodaify, lawyer
Results
District 6
Candidates
Nury Martinez, incumbent councilmember
Benito Bernal, community advocate and former leader of SEIU Local 99 labor union
Bill Haller, music studio owner
Did not make ballot
Oscar Portillo, chairperson of the Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council
Results
District 8
Candidates
Marqueece Harris-Dawson, incumbent councilmember
Did not make ballot
DaJuan W. Bell
Lee A. Brothers
Tara Perry
Ingrid Rivera-Guzman
Cliff Smith
Denise Francis Woods, businesswoman
Withdrew
Khansa T. Jones-Muhammad Clark, budget advocate
Results
District 10
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor for the 2nd district
Grace Yoo, attorney
Channing Martinez, community organizer
Melvin Snell, human rights activist
Aura Vasquez, former Board of Water and Power commissioner
Did not make ballot
Megan Abboud
Jonothan "Jace" Dawson, store manager
Dallas Fowler
Milton Hall
Holly Hancock
G. Juan Johnson, housing advocate
Anne Kim
Lily Larsen
Althea Rae Shaw
Faalaniga Smith
Jason Underhill
Withdrew
Andrea Michelle Wade-Catena
Results
District 12
Candidates
John Lee, incumbent councilmember
Loraine Lundquist, educator and scientist
Did not make ballot
Asaad Alnajjar, civil structural engineer
Jose Luis Gonzalez, recreation facility director
Withdrew
Carlos Amador, activist
Edward Antonino, labor law attorney
Brandii Grace, game designer and educator
Results
District 14
Candidates
Kevin de León, California state senator and President pro tempore of the California State Senate Cyndi Otteson, advertising executive and Vice President of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council Raquel Zamora, teacher, counselor, social worker and small business owner John Jimenez, nonprofit executive Mónica Garcia, LAUSD Board of Education member for District 2
Did not make ballot
Monica Alcaraz, community advocate
Stanley Deacon Alexander
Hal Bastian, real estate agent and consultant
David Bloom
Barry Boen
Ian K. Chi-Young
Eric Christie
Hidemi Ena
Dentis Davis Fowlkes, Hermon Neighborhood Council Board member
Jana Grochoske, model
Freddie Huguez, former baseball coach
Maria Janossy, immigration lawyer, community leader and activist
Marcus Lovingood, new media producer, political activist, and internet entrepreneur William "Rodriguez" Morrison, community organizer and perennial candidate Kendrick Rustad, creative director of KR Interior Design Group Jamie Tijerina, researcher at California Institute of Technology